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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 378, 28 April 1908, Page 4

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Messrs Dalgxly ami Company, Limbed, Wellington, have received the followinj;' cable messages from (.heir London house, under dale ot the 23rd inst. ; —-Hutter : market firm. The Copenhagen official quotation is unchanged. The total imports of butter into United Kingdom lor week ending i.sth inst., amounted to 94,000 ewt., as compared with So,ooo ewt for the corresponding week of 1007 ; showing an increase of 14.000 ewt. Frozen Meat; There is a lair demand for all descriptions. Since our last advices prices for mutton and lamb are 1 ;d per -lb lower. Reef; lluidquurlets, Mai per lb lower. LTices for forequarters of beef arc b;d per Ur higher.

Messrs Dalgety and Company, f,td., report having held their

fortnightly sale of wool, skins, and hides oh Friday afternoon. The attendance of buyers was larger than usual, and prices for both skins and hides showed a slight advance on last sale rates. We quote as follows; Wool. —Crossbied medium and seedy 3d to 3‘4d, inferior 2d to 2U-i-d, lambs sL'd ; sheepskins—medium crossbred qd to 4% cl, lambs 4Ltd lo 5-% cl, crossbred short 2bid to 3Lid, crossbred dead and broken 2jad to slid, hall wools -I’.-fd, hall bred sbfd, pells 2>4'd to 2!,*-<!; hides (ox) 6Sib aL'fd, 32 to 55111 4 : ’Kd to 4 bid, 45 to 47lbs 3lid to 4L ; d> 35lbs 3',",;’, cut and slippy 3d to 3Lid, (cows) 51 to 53lbs 4a,ld to 4>i<l, 35 to qqlb.s 4d to 4 Ld, cut and slippy 3Lid to 3.Ld, yearlings 2d to 3-tul, calf 3d to 5 bid ; tallow — in casks £24 per tun, in tins 21s per cu t, rough fat 16s 3d.

Messrs Levin and Company', Limited, report as follows regarding Friday’s sale; held our fortnightly sale to-day, offering a small quantity of wool in bales and bags, 1,700 skins, 500 hides and a quantity ot tallow and horsehair. Woo;,: —Market remains steady at last sale rates, we quote : medium crossbred 4L-d to sc!, inferior 3 1 to qd, lambs wool qd to S(J, pieces 2d to 3d, locks id to 2d. Skins ; No change to record. We quote : Fine crossbreds sc! to sLid, crossbred 3 led to sc!, dead skins 3d to 3 Led, dead hoggets 2Lid to 3Lid, dry pells 2d to 2Lid, lamb skins 4d to 4Lid, green pelts 2s to 2s Sd, green lambs wooll) r 2s to 2s Bd, green lambs pelts is to is 7d. Tallow ; Steady. Parcels in shipping order Tins ,£ls to Rough fat £l3 lo £l 4. Horsehair: is to is 3d, lb. Homs: 5s to 17s 6cl per hundred. Cowlails : is 5d to is 8d per dozen, tildes : There was good demand ior good conditioned hides at last sale prices. We quote: Ox hides (heavy) 6d to 6-rsd, ox bides (medium) 6cl to 6Lqd, ox hides (light) 4d to sd, cow hides 334 cl to 4Licl, cut and slippy hides 2d to 3Lid, stag hides cl to 3)4 d, bull liicles 2cl to 3d, calf best qd to sLad, caU cut and slippy 2d to 3d.